Stephen Fry (yes, that Stephen Fry), in his brand new “Dork Talk” column, gives the LG Viewty a bit of a whirl, and overall he’s impressed:

One neat feature: the screen can vibrate when touched, offering a kind of fingertip feedback that, once you’re used to it, improves the whole relationship. In the end, I suspect this phone will attract more females than males, but what’s wrong with that?

I came expecting to scoff, but sent it back (reluctantly) to the PR company that let me play with it rather impressed. This is no iPhone killer any more than the Prada was, but if you want a neat, cute, fun phone that leans in favour of photos and general media larkiness, you could do a lot worse.

We’re pleased that he likes it, though we’d also like to clear something up. Stephen says you can only input text onto the phone via a numeric phone keypad or handwriting recognition (which he doesn’t like). However, the phone also offers a full QWERTY keyboard which takes advantage of the large touchscreen – which you can either use with your fingers or the stylus provided. So if you are a text & email addict and want to type quickly, your needs are taken care of.